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Shock defeat for Sania

Tashkent: Sania Mirza crashed out against a lower-seed Russian opponent in the quarterfinals of the $145,000 Tashkent Open tennis tournament here on Friday.

The Indian, seeded third, was upset by sixth seed Olga Poutchkova 6-4, 4-6, 6-0.

The results: At Tashkent (Tashkent Open): Singles (quarterfinals): Olga Poutchkova bt Sania Mirza 6-4, 4-6, 6-0; Victoria Azarenka bt Maria Elena Camerin 6-0, 6-1; Iroda Tulyaganova bt Kateryna Bondarenko 6-1, 6-2; Sun Tiantian bt Anastassia Rodionova 6-1, 6-3.

At Tokyo (Japan Open): Men: Quarterfinals: Roger Federer bt Takao Suzuki 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(3);

Lee Hyung-Taik bt Tommy Robredo 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-1. Third round: Tim Henman bt Juan Martin Del Potro 7-6(3), 6-3; Mario Ancic bt Rainer Schuettler 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. Women: Quarterfinals: Aiko Nakamura bt Jamea Jackson 6-1, 1-6, 7-6(4); Camille Pin bt Youlia Fedossova 5-7, 6-4, 6-1; Marion Bartoli bt Junri Namigata 6-2, 6-1; Chan Yung-Jan bt Ai Sugiyama 6-3, 6-4. Second round: Junri Namigata bt Paola Suarez 2-4 retired; Marion Bartoli bt Vera Dushevina 6-2, 6-4; Camille Pin bt Lilia Osterloh 6-4, 3-6, 6-0; Aiko Nakamura bt Anabel Medina Garrigues 5-2 retired; Jamea Jackson bt Alicia Molik 6-3, 6-1; Junri Namigata bt Paola Suarez 2-4 retired.

At Stuttgart (WTA Porsche Grand Prix): Second round: Daniela Hantuchova bt Dinara Safina 6-2, 6-2; Tatiana Golovin bt Iveta Benesova 6-4, 6-3; Michaella Krajicek bt Lisa Raymond 6-4, 6-2; Patty Schnyder bt Shahar Peer 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-4; Nadia Petrova bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-3, 6-4; Jelena Jankovic bt Tsvetana Pironkova 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.

At Metz (ATP Moselle Open): Second round: Novak Djokovic bt Daniele Bracciali 6-0, 6-3; Mardy Fish bt Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 6-3, 6-3; Tobias Clemens bt Cyril Saulnier 7-6(4), 6-7(4), 7-6(5); Sebastien Grosjean bt Julien Benneteau 7-5, 6-1; Arnaud Clement bt Richard Gasquet 6-7(3), 7-6(3), 7-5; Jurgen Melzer bt Marat Safin 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(5). — Agencies

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